Link connection for the ends of receptacle-hoops.



' 3 M W11 H No.'892,782. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

K. W. JACOBS. LINK CONNECTION FOR THE ENDS 0F REGEPTAOLE HOOPS. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 33.23, 1907.

H 7-K Z? %IMMM Z in M L W Mi M5 1?!) KENNETH W. JACOBS, OF I'IILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

LINK CONNECTION FOR THE ENDS OF RECEPTACLE-HOOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Application filed February 23, 1907. Serial No. 358,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENNETH W. JACOBS, residing in Milwaukee,in the count of Milwaukee and State -of Wisconsin, rave invented new and useful Improvements in Link Connections for the Ends of Receptaole-Hoops, of which the following is a description, panying drawings, specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in link connections for the ends of receptacle hoops.

As is well known, tubs and other forms of wooden receptacles are susceptible to expansion and contraction, and where continuous or endless hoops are adjusted therearound, said hoops are liable to breakage due to the expansion of the receptacle, or, in case of contraction of the receptacle, are necessarily caused to fit quite loosely. In view of the contingencies mentioned, link connections for the ends of the receptacle hoops, of such character as to be adapted to give with the expansion of the receptacle or to contract with the contraction of the receptacle, have been devised; and it is the primary object of my invention to provide, in combination with the ends of a hoop, an improved form of link connection of the class described, so constructed as to embody a simple and economical structure for accomplishing the results desired.

With the above primary object, and other incidental objects, in view, the invention consists of the devices and parts, or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

, In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention, a fragment of the hoop being shown; Fig. 2 is an edge view reference being had to the accomwhich are a part of this of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of construction; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of another modified form, parts being broken away, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of another modified form of link.

Throughout the several figures of the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates the hoop. The improved construction of link in the several forms illustrated in the drawing, is of substantially square or rectangular form, and composed of heavy but resilient wire bent into the desired shape, and having straight sides 6, 6.

In the Figs. 1 and 2 form of construction, one of the ends 7 of the link is depressed or bent inwardly. The opposite end of the link is formed of the two ends 8, S of the wire which are bent around at right angles, and carried side by side into contact with each other. The ends of the hoop 5 are bent around the opposite end pieces just described of the link, with the terminals of the hoop preferably inward so as to lie against the wall of the receptacle, and thereby dispense with the necessity of employing rivets. For the purpose of additional security, however, rivets may, if desired be passed through the main portion of the hoop and into the ter minal portions thereof which are doubled inwardly.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 3, the end 7 of the link is constructed exactly as in the Figs. 1 and 2 construction, that is to say, is depressed or bent inwardly. The opposite end is also formed by the terminals of the wire being bent inwardly at right angles to the sides and adjacent to each other, as indicated by the numerals 9, 9, but instead of being side by side, as in the Figs. 1 and 2 construction, they are so arranged as to be one in front of the other, and in juxtaposition or contact. Both of these right angular terminals are also depressed or bent inwardly to correspond to the inward depression or bend V of the opposite end of the link, and the Fig. 3 construction, therefore, also differs in this respect from the previously described construction.

In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 4, the end 7 is constructed in identically the same manner as in the two previously described forms. The opposite end of the link, however, is different in that the ends which are bent inwardly at right angles meet at a oint between the sides of the link, and are formed with interlocking eyes 10, 10.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5,

the end 7 is also constructed identically the same as the previously described forms of construction. In the case of the'opposite end, the terminals of the wire are bent inwardly and from the point of meeting are carried outwardly and twisted together, as indicated by the numeral 1 1. By thus twisting the terminals together they are effectually locked against separation.

In the application of the invention, the hoo having one end bent around one end of the link, is carried around the tub or receptacle, and then the opposite end of the hoop is adjusted to the opposite end of the link, in order to secure the proper fit, and as clearly shown in the drawing. Whenever any expansion occurs in the tub or receptacle, it is evident that the inwardly bent or depressed end or ends of the link will, owing to the increased tension or strain on the hoop, give or yield in the direction of the line of strain, and consequently danger of breakage of the hoop is thereby avoided. It will be further evident that in case of contraction of the tub or receptacle, the looseness which would otherwise result in the hoop can be readily taken up or compensated for by drawing one of the ends of the hoop a greater extent around the end of the link.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A link connection for the ends of a receptacle hoop, constructed from a single piece of wire bent to form a link provided with sides and ends, the, medial portion of one end thereof being so bent as to provide a yielding means disposed outside of the space between parallel lines coincident with the hoop'ends.

2. A link connection for the ends of a receptacle hoop, constructed from a single piece of wire, said wire being so bent as to form opposite sides and ends, one end being depressed or bent inwardly, said end also being-continuous or unbroken, and the opposite end being formed by the two terminals of the wire brought around toward and in en gagementwith each other, in combination with a hoop having its ends looped around the said ends of the link.

3. A link connection for the ends of a re-- ceptacle hoop, constructed from a single lpjpce of wire, said wire being bent to form the k with two opposite straight sides and opposite end pieces, the link being arranged against the receptacle so that the said straight sides are in a horizontal planeand the ends in a vertical plane with respect to the receptacle, one of said ends being depressed or bent inwardly, and the opposite end being formed by the terminals of the wire being bent over and engaging each other in such manner as to prevent the endwise separation thereof by the strain exerted longitudinally by the hoop,

4. A link connection for the ends of a receptacle hoop, constructed from a single piece of wire, said wire being so bent as to form opposite sides and ends, and one end being depressed or bent inwardly, said end also being continuous or unbroken, and the o posite end being formed by the two termina s of the wire being brought around toward and overlapping each other and so bent as to prevent endwise separation by the longitudinal strain exerted by the hoop.

5. A link connection for the ends of a receptacle hoop, constructed from a single piece of Wire bent to form a link provided with sides and ends, the medial portion of one end thereof being bent toward the opposite end, and the terminals of the wire being so bent withrelation to each other as to prevent endwise separation under strain exerted longitudinally to the sides of the link.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

KENNETH W. JACOBS. Witnesses:

A. L. MORSELL, ANNA F. SOHMIDTBAUER. 

